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Harry Kane Skechers

"The whole deal just just fell into place" ­­­­­­­- Harry Kane reveals how his boot partnership with Skechers came about

By Ed McCambridge published

England captain Kane didn't just switch club and country over the summer, he also opted for a new boot partnership with Skechers

Interviews
Fantasy Premier League: FPL winner Ali Jahangirov

FPL tips: Last season’s Fantasy Premier League winner shares his secrets with FourFourTwo

By Dean Jones published

FPL Last season’s Fantasy Premier League winner had only played FPL for four years prior: here are his tips

FPL
Fabrizio Romano, Becoming the world's best-known football journalist on the SportsTrade Stage at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

‘I work 20 hours a day’: Fabrizio Romano tells FourFourTwo how he became Mr Exclusive on transfers – and why he upset Brighton

By Mark White published

Fabrizio Romano is a workaholic Italian transfer oracle who has changed the landscape of the market – and he took time from his hectic summer to speak to FFT about his crazy rise to fame

Stories
Close-up shot of Fabio Cannavaro and the Ballon d'Or trophy, 2006

Fabio Cannavaro opens up about being the last defender to ever win the Ballon d’Or

By Richard Laverty published

2006 Ballon d'Or winner Fabio Cannavaro was the last centre-back to be given the award – but he says now that in many ways, he was lucky

Stories
Chris Bart-Williams celebrating a goal for Nottingham Forest

'The highs were high and the lows were low, but it made for a beautiful journey' – Chris Bart-Williams' remarkable career, in his own words

By Sean Cole published

In an interview conducted just months before his passing, Chris Bart-Williams recalls getting his big break at Sheffield Wednesday, hitting heights with Forest and the team-mates and coaches that stuck in his mind

Interviews
Fabio Cannavaro

Fabio Cannavaro reveals why AC Milan passed on him as a youngster – and later apologised to him

By Ed McCambridge published

Fabio Cannavaro enjoyed a remarkable career despite being relatively short for a top-level centre-back

Interviews

Long Reads

Premier League dressing room with Kick It Out t-shirts laid out

Low budgets, criticism, lack of authority: The role of Kick It Out is the most thankless in football, yet one of the most important

By Ben Mountain published

David to the Goliath of discrimination in football, for 30 years the organisation has tirelessly battled boycotts, controversies and misconceptions

Longform
Bury FC

Bury The Hatchet: How football returned to Gigg Lane four years after Bury went bust

By Ed McCambridge published

After years of financial mismanagement, EFL expulsion and squabbling, Bury fans have come together to plot a new future. Things are looking up…

Stories
Crawley Town crypto owners

The inside story of Crawley Town’s crypto consortium nightmare

By Matt Pearson published

FEATURE Crawley have already had five permanent managers in the 15 months since new owners came into power - but there's plenty of other issues involving the club

FEATURE
AC Milan

Building a brand and pumping up TV rights: How Silvio Berlusconi's reign as AC Milan owner shaped modern football

By Matt Barker last updated

LONGREAD In 1986, Silvio Berlusconi bought a struggling AC Milan and turned them into football's first modern superclub, paving the way for the Premier League

LONGREAD
The Swansea City bench during an EFL Championship game

The rise of the ‘fake No.2 goalkeeper’: How EFL clubs are exploiting the emergency loan loophole to save budget

By Matthew Ketchell published

FAKING IT Clubs are exploiting a loophole and creating ‘fake No.2 goalkeepers’ to warm their substitute benches with dangerous consequences

FAKING IT
The Scots Guard brass band play on the pitch at Wembley Stadium before the 1998 FA Cup Final Arsenal vs Newcastle

Going to 1998 FA Cup Final was the best day of my life, even though my team lost

By Matthew Ketchell published

FA CUP FINAL Deputy Editor Matthew Ketchell gets nostalgic about attending the 1998 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Newcastle

FA CUP FINAL

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